This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Over the last couple of decades, few science topics have made a bigger mainstream splash than the microbiome. Our growing understanding of the microbes that live…
Please enjoy these photos from Day 1 of Royal Ascot, which was Tuesday, June 17. While King Charles did not inherit his mother’s love of horseracing, he’s made an effort to attend as many days of Royal Ascot as possible now that he’s king. I think he enjoys it more because his wife, Queen Camilla,…
Wealthy Gulf countries are alarmed and anxious about Israel and Iran’s new war.
Artistic reconstruction of Bolg amondol Cullen Townsend An extinct monstersaur discovered in North America is shedding new light on life in the area around 75 million years ago. The creature looks “like a goblin that sprang from the rocks”, says Hank Woolley at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The species is a…
If there’s a lesson to be learned from the Club World Cup so far, it’s that images of nothingness can still generate hysteria. Empty seats – which are apparently a festering scourge upon the game of football, a tragedy representing the plastic bankruptcy of American soccer fandom and/or the Club World Cup, an issue demanding…
Technologists and investors are pushing AI tools as a path to peace—and profits—as they navigate a minefield of risks. Can we measure what is in our hearts and minds, and could it help us end wars any sooner? These are the questions that consume entrepreneur Shawn Guttman, a Canadian émigré who recently gave up his…
Pop sensation, actress, and internet icon Addison Rae is officially hitting the road. Following the breakout success of her debut album Addison, the 23-year-old star has announced her first-ever global headlining tour, aptly titled The Addison Tour. Kicking off on August 26 in Dublin, the tour will travel through major cities across Europe, North America,…
ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius. ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ADI IGNATIUS: All right. Alison, I feel like in this age of flexible work, there’s still a lot of disagreement as to whether we need to be in the office or not. ALISON BEARD: Yeah, I completely agree. I…
Pope Leo XIV is making the threat of AI to humanity a key issue of his legacy, challenging the technology industry that has spent years courting the Vatican. The new American pope’s namesake, Leo XIII, stood up for the rights of factory workers during the Gilded Age, a period from the late 1870s to the…
